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US-7982301

Semiconductor device

PublishedJuly 19, 2011
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Technical Abstract

A miniaturized semiconductor device has a package substrate, a semiconductor chip mounted on the main surface of the package substrate and having plural LNAs each for amplifying a signal, an RF VCO for converting the frequency of the signal supplied from each LNA, and an IF VCO for converting the frequency of a signal supplied from a baseband. A plurality of ball electrodes are provided on the back surface of the package substrate. The package substrate is provided with a first common GND wire for supplying a GND potential to each of the LNAs, with a second common GND wire for supplying the GND potential to the RF VCO, and with a third common GND wire for supplying the GND potential to the IF VCO. The first, second, and third common GND wires are separated from each other.

Patent Claims
7 claims

Legal claims defining the scope of protection, as filed with the USPTO.

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1. A semiconductor device comprising: a semiconductor chip including a main surface, a back surface opposite to the main surface, a plurality of pads arranged over the main surface, and a plurality of low noise amplifiers arranged over the main surface, the plurality of the pads including a first pad and a second pad, the plurality of the low noise amplifiers including a first low noise amplifier and a second low noise amplifier for amplifying an inputted signal, the first pad and the second pad being electrically connected to the first low noise amplifier and the second low noise amplifier, respectively; a wiring substrate including a main surface, a back surface opposite to the main surface, a plurality of bonding electrodes arranged over a peripheral portion of the main surface of the wiring substrate, the plurality of the bonding electrodes including a first bonding electrode, a second bonding electrode, a first GND bonding electrode, a second GND bonding electrode, and a third GND bonding electrode; and a plurality of external terminals arranged over the back surface of the wiring substrate and being electrically connected to the plurality of the bonding electrodes; wherein the semiconductor chip is mounted over the main surface of the wiring substrate, and the first pad and the second pad of the semiconductor chip are electrically connected the first bonding electrode and the second bonding electrode of the wiring substrate with a first conductive wire and a second conductive wire, respectively, wherein the first bonding electrode and the second bonding electrode are disposed between the first GND bonding electrode and the second GND bonding electrode, and the third GND bonding electrode is disposed between the first bonding electrode and the second bonding electrode, wherein the wiring substrate further includes a first conductor pattern and a second conductor pattern which are disposed over the main surface thereof, wherein the first conductor pattern electrically connects the first GND bonding electrode and the second GND bonding electrode to each other such that the first conductor pattern surrounds the first and second bonding electrodes in a plan view, and wherein the second conductor pattern electrically connects the first conductor pattern and the third GND bonding electrode to each other such that the second conductor pattern is arranged between the first bonding electrode and the second bonding electrode in the plan view.

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2. A semiconductor device according to claim 1 , wherein the first and second conductor patterns are electrically connected external terminals which are supplied with a GND potential from an outside of the plurality of the external terminals.

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3. A semiconductor device according to claim 2 , the semiconductor chip including a first GND pad and a second GND pad, wherein the first GND pad and the second GND pad are electrically connected to the first low noise amplifier and the second low noise amplifier, respectively; and wherein the first GND pad and the second GND pad of the semiconductor chip are electrically connected to the third GND bonding electrode of the wiring substrate with third conductive wires respectively.

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4. A semiconductor device according to claim 1 , the semiconductor chip including a third pad and, a RFVCO (Radio Frequency Voltage Controlled Oscillator) configured to convert a frequency of the signal supplied from any of the plurality of the low noise amplifiers arranged over the main surface thereof, the third pad being electrically connected the RFVCO; wherein the wiring substrate including a third bonding electrode, a fourth GND bonding electrode, and a fifth GND bonding electrode, wherein a third bonding electrode is disposed along a side different from a side on which the first bonding electrode and the second bonding electrode are disposed, wherein the third pad of the semiconductor chip is electrically connected to the third bonding electrode with a fourth conductive wire, wherein the third bonding electrode is disposed between the fourth GND bonding electrode and the fifth GND bonding electrode, wherein the wiring substrate further includes a third conductor pattern which is disposed over the main surface thereof, and wherein the third conductor pattern electrically connects the fourth GND bonding electrode and the fifth GND bonding electrode to each other such that the third conductor pattern surrounds the third bonding electrode in a plan view.

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5. A semiconductor device according to claim 4 , wherein the first conductor pattern and the third conductor pattern are electrically separated.

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6. A semiconductor device according to claim 4 , the semiconductor chip including a third GND pad, the third GND pad being electrically connected to the RFVCO, wherein the third GND pad is electrically connected to the fourth GND bonding electrode of the wiring substrate with a fifth conductive wire.

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7. A semiconductor device according to claim 1 , wherein the semiconductor chip, the first conductive wire, the second conductive wire and the plurality of the bonding electrodes of the wiring substrate are molded with molding resin.

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Filing Date

September 15, 2009

Publication Date

July 19, 2011

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